1 Election 2012: Republican Rep. Brian Bilbray lost his bid to represent a wide swath of San Diego, marking the latest blow to the GOP delegation in California. Democratic challenger Scott Peters edged out Bilbray in the newly drawn 52nd Congressional District. Bilbray, who has served since 2006 in California's 50th District, ran in a competitive seat drawn by the state's independent citizens redistricting panel. Peters, a Port of San Diego commissioner, drew 50.72 percent of the vote, while Bilbray had 49.28 percent. The race was the final one to be called after the Nov. 6 election. The state delegation now numbers 38 Democrats and 15 Republicans; it had been 33 Democrats, 19 Republicans and one vacancy.

2Child charged: A 9-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a toddler in Cahokia, Ill., a suburb of St. Louis. Associate Judge Walter Brandon on Thursday ordered the Illinois Department of Human Services to take custody of the child, who was charged as a juvenile in the Aug. 22 death of the 14-month-old. The judge ordered that the child undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

3 Runway intrusion: A woman with her infant son in her car crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove onto a runway, police said Friday. The woman rammed the gate around 10 p.m. Thursday and started crossing the runway, police spokesman Trent Crump said. Officers forced the car to stop after a few minutes and detained the driver. KoKo Nicole Anderson, 21, was booked into jail on aggravated DUI and criminal damage charges. Sky Harbor spokeswoman Deborah Ostreicher said no aircraft were nearby at the time.

4 Triple fatal: Three men broke into a house in Independence, Mo., early Friday and fatally shot a woman, her son and her boyfriend, police said. A fourth victim was critically injured. "This was an armed attempted residential robbery," said police Capt. John Cato. Officers were searching for the suspects, Cato said.

5 Ethanol blend: The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday rejected a request from the governors of eight states to waive requirements for blending corn-based ethanol into gasoline, a mandate they said was driving up food costs during the worst drought in a half century. The EPA said an analysis showed that waiving the mandate would only reduce corn prices by about 1 percent. The governors of Arkansas, North Carolina, Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, Virginia, New Mexico and Texas made the request.

6 Eisenhower memorial: Plans to build a national memorial honoring President Dwight Eisenhower will be delayed as the World War II general's family continues to object to a design by architect Frank Gehry. A review of the design was left off the December agenda Friday for the National Capital Planning Commission, which must approve the project. That means the commission won't consider it until sometime in 2013.